Service Bus Queue messages lock not auto renewing

It seems that messages on a Service Bus Queue are not getting the lock auto renewed.

I’ve tried AutoRenewTimeout on the MessageOptions and tried using OnMessageReceived which is supposed to auto renew. But when testing in a console app it does not auto renew, the lock is lost and the message is processed again.

I’ve been testing a with a short delay to mimic a long running task. I’ve tried the latest beta versions 2.0.0 and v1.1.2 both have the same behaviour.

static void Main()
        {            
            var config = new JobHostConfiguration(_azureWebJobsDashboard);
            
            ServiceBusConfiguration sbc = new ServiceBusConfiguration();           
            sbc.MessageOptions.AutoRenewTimeout = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(20);     
                        
            config.UseServiceBus(sbc);            
            
            var host = new JobHost(config);                 
            host.RunAndBlock();
        }

public async static Task ProcessQueueMessage([ServiceBusTrigger("queue")] BrokeredMessage message, TextWriter log)
        {
            Console.WriteLine("Message received.");
            Thread.Sleep(12 * 1000); // 12 seconds, lock is set to 10 seconds
            Console.WriteLine("Message Complete.");
        }

The only way I’ve been able to get the lock to renew is by adding a timer to renew it as mentioned on this post: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/27953882/guidance-onmessageoptions-autorenewtimeout

I found the azure sample also had the same behaviour I am experiencing.

[m-carter1]

Well after lots of reading and debugging I’ve finally found the issue.

It was the Time on my pc. I decided to do a test by setting the Time on my pc to UTC Coordinated Universal Time (it was initially set to UTC +00:00 London) and the locks successfully automatically renewed!

I then set the time back to UTC London and it continued to work. It stops working again if I manually adjust the time to be incorrect by a minute or so.

So I would assume that the time on my pc was out slightly

[m-carter1]

Perhaps yes, a comment on this thread about Clock Drift gave me the idea to check the time http://stackoverflow.com/questions/21433482/why-does-brokeredmessage-renewlock-only-renew-the-lock-for-a-few-seconds

Anyway, thanks for your help.